Lagoina de Leste

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 I'm planning on taking the students on a hike to Lagoina de Leste.  Lake of the East.  The hike starts at a trailhead and goes over a hill to the beach.  It takes less than an hour but it's steep up and then down.  The beach is so beautiful.  It feels remote because you have to get there by this hike so it's not very populated.  I would say that it's one of the most beautiful beaches I've ever seen, but all the beaches in Floripa fit that description and I feel like I'm going to start repeating myself.  But it really is beautiful.  My daughter started collecting shells.  We had brought tuna salad and bread for lunch but forgot a spoon so we used a shell to scoop up the tuna salad.  

Once at the beach, there is a steep hike up to a crown of boulders above the beach.  It's a little strenuous - especially when all you feel like doing is lying on the beach and letting the waves lap your toes - but it's completely worth it.  The view is unmatched.  

Instead of hiking back the way we came, we hiked the trail that led north along the beach.  It started raining a bit and then every time I put my hand on a tree, a shower of raindrops would fall down on my husband, which I'm not sure he appreciated.  I spent the hike trying to learn how to count to 100 in Portuguese and getting my pronunciation corrected by our family friend.  Trinta e um..... trinta e dois.....

It was a pretty long hike.  I was wearing my Chacos and by the time we got done, my toes were trashed and I spent the rest of the trip with them taped up.  We were glad to get to the end.  I was pretty proud of myself.  And it was gorgeous.  If you haven't watched the movie The Lost City of Z, go watch it.  It felt like that.  Sans murderous Amazonian natives with their blowpipes.  



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